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Preposições na língua inglesa geralmente vem antes de substantivos(algumas vezes também na frente de verbos no gerúndio).

Algumas vezes é algo difícil de se entender para os alunos de Inglêspois a tradução para a língua nativa torna-se impossível. Uma prepo-sição na língua nativa pode ter muitas traduções dependendo de cadasituação.

É também difícil de se estabelecerem regras de quando devemos usarcerto tipo de preposição. Uma maneira de estudar e aprender éatravés do uso de um bom dicionário, leitura em Inglês e aprenderalgumas frases de uso diário.

Na tabela a seguir temos uma lista contento as preposições maisusadas em Inglês.

Prepositions – Time

English Usage Example on days of the week on Monday

in

months / seasons time of day year after a certain

period of time(when?)

in August / inwinter

in the morning in 2006 in an hour

at

for night for weekend a certain point of

time (when?)

at night at the weekend at half past nine

since from a certain

point of time (pasttill now)

since 1980

for over a certain

period of time(past till now)

for 2 years

ago a certain time inthe past 2 years ago

before earlier than a

certain point oftime

before 2004

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English Usage Example to telling the time ten to six (5:50)

past telling the time ten past six (6:10)

to / till /until

marking thebeginning and endof a period of time

from Monday to/tillFriday

till / until

in the sense ofhow longsomething is goingto last

He is on holidayuntil Friday.

by

in the sense of atthe latest

up to a certaintime

I will be back by 6o’clock.

By 11 o'clock, Ihad read fivepages.

Prepositions – Place (Position and Direction)

English Usage Example

in

room, building,street, town,country

book, paper etc. car, taxi picture, world

in the kitchen, inLondon

in the book in the car, in a

taxi in the picture, in

the world

at

meaning next to,by an object

for table for events place where you

are to dosomething typical(watch a film,study, work)

at the door, at thestation

at the table at a concert, at

the party at the cinema, at

school, at work

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on

attached for a place with a

river being on a surface for a certain side

(left, right) for a floor in a house for public transport for television, radio

the picture onthe wall

London lies onthe Thames.

on the table on the left on the first

floor on the bus, on

a plane on TV, on the

radio

by, next to,beside

left or right ofsomebody orsomething

Jane isstanding by /next to /beside the car.

under

on the ground,lower than (orcovered by)something else

the bag isunder thetable

below lower than

something else butabove ground

the fish arebelow thesurface

over

covered bysomething else

meaning more than getting to the other

side (also across) overcoming an

obstacle

put a jacketover your shirt

over 16 yearsof age

walk over thebridge

climb over thewall

above higher than

something else, butnot directly over it

a path abovethe lake

across

getting to the otherside (also over)

getting to the otherside

walk acrossthe bridge

swim acrossthe lake

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through

something withlimits on top,bottom and thesides

drive throughthe tunnel

to

movement to personor building

movement to aplace or country

for bed

go to thecinema

go to London /Ireland

go to bed

into enter a room / abuilding

go into thekitchen / thehouse

towards

movement in thedirection ofsomething (but notdirectly to it)

go 5 stepstowards thehouse

onto movement to thetop of something

jump onto thetable

from in the sense ofwhere from

a flower fromthe garden

Other important Prepositions

English Usage Example

from who gave it a present fromJane

of who/what does it

belong to what does it show

a page of the book the picture of a

palace

by who made it a book by MarkTwain

on

walking or ridingon horseback

entering a publictransport vehicle

on foot, onhorseback

get on the bus

in entering a bus get in the car

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English Usage Example

off leaving a publictransport vehicle get off the train

out of leaving a car /Taxi get out of the taxi

by

rise or fall ofsomething

travelling (otherthan walking orhorseriding)

prices have risenby 10 percent

by car, by bus

at for age she learnedRussian at 45

about for topics, meaningwhat about

we were talkingabout you